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  • HOLLYWOOD STANDSTILL: The WGA Strike

    HOLLYWOOD STANDSTILL: The WGA Strike

    · Callum's Dumb Podcast

    With your favorite TV shows and upcoming movies put on pause, this episode dives into the WGA strike, unmasking the face-off between Hollywood scribes and the AMPTP. Witness how this standoff is turning the tables in the film and TV industry and setting a new precedent for giants like Netflix in the age of streaming.


    The episode dives into what’s happening now, what’s going to happen from here, what’s happened in the past, and what the future ramifications of this strike are. This episode is, my attempt, at more investigative journalism into the questions surrounding the WGA Strikes that Hollywood is facing. I found when looking online there was a lot of information spread out all over the place, so this is my attempt to condense it all down into a simpler narrative, to help you better understand the situation and what this might mean for the future of Hollywood, along with your favorite shows.

     

    (00:00:00) Introduction

    (00:01:15) Fighting Factions Form

    (00:03:39) Strike Situation Standoff

    (00:04:16) Residuals + Revenue Reckoning 

    (00:06:44) Streaming Service Strife

    (00:10:03) The Rest

     

     

    References,

    WGA: Contract 

    WGA: State of the Industry Address

    WGA: The Cost of Settling

    SAG-AFTRA: Strike Authorisation

    PBS: Tom Hank Interview

    Seth Meyers Clip

    Seth McFarlane Clip

    2008 WGA Strike

     

    Disclaimers.

    All are used fair thanks.

  • MOVIES ARE TOO SHORT: Reviving the Intermission

    MOVIES ARE TOO SHORT: Reviving the Intermission

    · Callum's Dumb Podcast

    Yo, today’s episode is honestly just an opinion piece about why I think that the Intermission DESERVES to be brought back, and why I think it would be a great addition to the future of cinema. While the episode isn’t to be taken ENTIRELY literally, there are a lot of points there that I’d like to convey to you. Below, I’ve included the 2 sources. I hope you find the episode entertaining! Please, also, if you get the chance, if you’re on Spotify, it would mean a lot to me if you could fill in the poll for this episode and let me know what you thought of it!

    How to Start a Cinema - By the ICO or the Independent Cinema Office.
    Contains information and stats about profits and revenue for Cinemas, cinema-goers, and other interesting information about the logistics of cinema operation.

    Are New Movies Longer Than They Were 10, 20, 50 Year Ago - By PrzemysƂaw Jarząbek, published on Medium.
    The Medium Article that inspired this episode, scraped the average run times of all the films on IMDb. Long and technical, and even more interesting nonetheless.

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  • TIME-TRAVEL THEORY: The Grandfather Paradox

    TIME-TRAVEL THEORY: The Grandfather Paradox

    · Callum's Dumb Podcast

    In the first episode, my co-host and I will be discussing the interesting and complicated use of Time-travel in pop culture, and diving into the plausibility of it and which famous film has the most accurate representation of it. We dive into Einstein’s work of relativity, or more simply E = MC2, and its relevance in the Christopher Nolan film: Interstellar. We also examine the Grandfather Paradox, a famous paradox that forms with the notion and theories surrounding time travel, and what that means for time travel in pop culture.

    For those of you who’ve listened to the podcast and want to learn more about the topics from today, below are links to different works that inspired today’s episode:

    - Interstellar, by Christopher Nolan
    Perhaps the biggest Inspiration for this episode, and really drove home the idea of telling a complex theme in a short amount of time

    - Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
    This novella was recommended to me by a friend a few months prior to writing the idea of this episode. A great, short read shows how little the concept of a time machine has progressed.

    - “Time Travel is Theoretically Possible”, by Business Insider
    An interesting read about the actual plausibility of time travel, and, indirectly, also a comment on the Grandfather Paradox that we discuss in this episode

    ll sound effects and music used in this episode were licensed for creative use by Callum Saunders, through Artlist licensed number 7u4ISA.

    “Back to the Future” 1985, is owned by Universal Pictures, and excerpts from it are used under the Australian Fair Dealings Acts and U.S. Fair Use rights.